Superior Court associate judge David A. Wiseman dismissed yesterday the charges against a woman who allegedly stole U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services filing fees from an alien worker.<\/p>\n
Wiseman dropped the case against Ma. Nina Dolot Castro after the Office of the Attorney General moved to dismiss the theft by deception and theft charges filed against her.<\/p>\n
A bench trial was scheduled yesterday but assistant attorney general Russell Lorfing asked the judge to instead dismiss the case, saying the 51-year-old Castro faces an indictment in district court arising from the same scheme.<\/p>\n
Although he granted the OAG\u2019s motion, the judge noted that the charges in federal court are different.<\/p>\n
According to the OAG, Castro obtained money from Norlane Arlane Vargas Rafanan by deception on Oct. 27, 2009.<\/p>\n
The OAG said Castro was expected to process applications and mail money orders to USCIS, but instead she endorsed the money order to herself. <\/p>\n
The OAG only stated that the amount stolen from the victim was more than $250 but less than $20,000.<\/p>\n
Last month, a federal grand jury indicted Castro on the same mail fraud charges for which she was arrested in August but the case was eventually dismissed.<\/p>\n
The indictment had charged the defendant with eight counts of mail fraud, four counts of altering a postal money order, and for counts of passing or uttering an altered postal money order.<\/p>\n
According to the indictment, through her scheme of stealing clients\u2019 payments for professional services and USCIS filing fees, Castro defrauded clients and her employers of about $27,000. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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